Transportation system
First Claim
1. A transportation system including a plurality of transportation apparatuses and a controller for management of the apparatuses, wherein each of the transportation apparatuses comprises means for reporting status of the each apparatus together with time to the controller, and wherein the controller comprises:
- estimation means for estimating at least current status of the each transportation apparatus based on the reported status of the each apparatus together with the time; and
status evaluation means for determining status of the system based on the estimation.
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Abstract
A guided vehicle controller 20 transmits the standard time to a guided vehicle 14. The guided vehicle 14 reports a coordinate representing the current position and the transmission time to the controller 20. The controller 20 generates time series data obtained by combining the transmission time and the coordinate. Based on the time series data, the current coordinate of the guided vehicle is estimated. By converting current coordinates of a plurality of guided vehicles into the distribution of guided vehicles, instructions about the travel routes are provided to the guided vehicles for congestion avoidance. Further, a suitable guided vehicle capable of efficiently executing a transportation command is selected, and the transportation command is assigned to the selected guided vehicle.
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1. A transportation system including a plurality of transportation apparatuses and a controller for management of the apparatuses, wherein
each of the transportation apparatuses comprises means for reporting status of the each apparatus together with time to the controller, and wherein the controller comprises: - estimation means for estimating at least current status of the each transportation apparatus based on the reported status of the each apparatus together with the time; and
status evaluation means for determining status of the system based on the estimation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
- estimation means for estimating at least current status of the each transportation apparatus based on the reported status of the each apparatus together with the time; and
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